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搁墨驳补 Ghetto & Latvian Holocaust Museum

Maskavas For拧tate, Avotu Iela & Gr墨zi艈kalns

The centrepiece of this arresting and challenging museum is a wooden house with a reconstructed flat, like those that Jews had to move into when the Nazis鈥�

Bi姆ernieki Memorial

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Between 1941 and 1944, the Nazis 鈥� aided by Latvians 鈥� shot more than 35,000 Jews at 55 different sites in this forest. It is one of several killing sites鈥�

Kalnciema Kvart膩ls

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A lovingly restored courtyard with several vintage wooden buildings is home to creative cafes, shops and restaurants. It's also home to a fantastic鈥�

搁墨驳补 Central Market

Maskavas For拧tate, Avotu Iela & Gr墨zi艈kalns

Haggle for your huckleberries at this vast market, housed in a series of WWI Zeppelin hangars and spilling outdoors as well. It's an essential 搁墨驳补鈥�

Latvian Academy of Science Observation Deck

Maskavas For拧tate, Avotu Iela & Gr墨zi艈kalns

This Stalinesque tower is a not-so-welcome Soviet-era present from Moscow, which has seven towers just like it, only bigger. Construction of what is often鈥�

搁墨驳补 Motor Museum

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The stars of the collection at this surprisingly well-funded and engrossing museum are cars that once belonged to Soviet luminaries such as Gorky, Stalin,鈥�

Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum

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If you don鈥檛 have time to visit the Latvian countryside, a stop at this open-air museum is a must. Sitting along the shores of Lake Jugla just northeast鈥�

搁墨驳补 Brethren Cemetery

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The Brothers' Cemetery features a monument by Ka虅rlis Za虅le (the designer of the Freedom Monument) dedicated to the Latvian soldiers who died during WWI鈥�